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Dialogic literary gatherings and out-of-home child care: Creation of new meanings through classic literature

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    Identifier: imarina:5131366
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5131366
    Authors:
    Garcia Yeste C., Gairal Casadó R., Munté Pascual A., Plaja Viñas T.
    Abstract:
    Research on out‐of‐home child care has revealed that foster care programmes focused on educational attainment and reading have the potential to improve the academic outcomes of children in care. However, no studies have examined which elements of these programmes positively benefit children's emotional well‐being. This article presents evidence of the positive effects of implementing a successful educational action, dialogic literary gatherings, in a children's residential care institution. A qualitative study using a communicative‐oriented methodology was conducted and involved five participant observations and eight daily life stories with children in out‐of‐home care in Catalonia (Spain). The children's reflections demonstrated that reading classic books, such as Dickens' Oliver Twist, deeply influenced their feelings and self‐conceptions and created new and exciting meaning in their lives.

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    Author, as appears in the article.: Garcia Yeste C., Gairal Casadó R., Munté Pascual A., Plaja Viñas T.
    Department: Pedagogia
    URV's Author/s: García Yeste, Carme
    Keywords: Out-of-home child care Emotional well-being Dialogic literary gatherings Classic literature Academic skills
    Abstract: Research on out‐of‐home child care has revealed that foster care programmes focused on educational attainment and reading have the potential to improve the academic outcomes of children in care. However, no studies have examined which elements of these programmes positively benefit children's emotional well‐being. This article presents evidence of the positive effects of implementing a successful educational action, dialogic literary gatherings, in a children's residential care institution. A qualitative study using a communicative‐oriented methodology was conducted and involved five participant observations and eight daily life stories with children in out‐of‐home care in Catalonia (Spain). The children's reflections demonstrated that reading classic books, such as Dickens' Oliver Twist, deeply influenced their feelings and self‐conceptions and created new and exciting meaning in their lives.
    Thematic Areas: Sociology and political science Sociology Sociologia i política Social work Psicología Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Health (social science) Family studies Ciencias sociales
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 13567500
    Author's mail: carme.garciay@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-9717-8021
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Child & Family Social Work. 23 (1): 62-70
    APA: Garcia Yeste C., Gairal Casadó R., Munté Pascual A., Plaja Viñas T. (2018). Dialogic literary gatherings and out-of-home child care: Creation of new meanings through classic literature. Child & Family Social Work, 23(1), 62-70. DOI: 10.1111/cfs.12384
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2018
    Publication Type: Journal Publications

  • Keywords:

    Family Studies,Health (Social Science),Social Work,Sociology and Political Science
    Out-of-home child care
    Emotional well-being
    Dialogic literary gatherings
    Classic literature
    Academic skills
    Sociology and political science
    Sociology
    Sociologia i política
    Social work
    Psicología
    Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences
    Health (social science)
    Family studies
    Ciencias sociales

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